Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred Guide | How to Use the Loot Filter

A good Loot Filter makes farming much smoother in Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred. Instead of stopping for every useless drop, you can hide low-value items and highlight the gear that still matters. This setup works well as a simple baseline filter, especially once you are farming higher Torment levels.

Enable The Loot Filter Shortcut

Start by opening Settings, then go to the Gameplay tab. Enable the Loot Filter Shortcut in the game menu. This makes it easier to get to the filter whenever you need to edit, import or change your rules.

Create a new filter and name it something obvious like Baseline Loot Filter. The rules for Loot Filter work by priority from top to bottom, meaning the highest rules work first. This matters because your “hide” rules and “show” exceptions must be ordered properly.

Hide Non-Ancestral Items First

The first rule should remove items that are no longer useful for your progression. Most non-Ancestral items are very low value at higher Torment levels, especially Torment 7 and above. 

Create a new rule called Non-Ancestrals. Set it to Hide All, and add an Item Power Range condition. Set the max item power to 850 and anything below it gets hidden. You can also apply this rule to Legendaries and Uniques, but this becomes stricter because you may hide potential Codex upgrades. 

Add Stricter Cleanup Rules

After the main non-Ancestral rule, you can add optional cleanup rules. One useful rule hides low-value Common, Magic, and Rare Charms. Match the rule by item type, then select Charms and Seals where needed.This helps reduce inventory clutter from items with poor salvage or sell value.

A stricter endgame rule can hide items with fewer than one Greater Affix. This means non-GA items will no longer appear. Use this only when your farming is efficient enough, because it can hide items that may still have niche value.

Show Build-Specific Uniques

Strict filters need exceptions. Add a Show rule for Uniques that are important to your build. For a Death Trap Rogue this could be build relevant items such as Scion’s Claw, Eyes in the Dark, Sea Lord’s Fine Gloves, and Asheara’s Khanjar depending on your exact setup. 

You can also set a minimum item power, such as 900, if you only want stronger versions to show up. It keeps your screen clean but still protects important build pieces.

Highlight Codex Upgrades And Legendary Seals

Add a rule for Codex Upgrades to be shown and recolored. For example, mint green. This is a handy tip, as some lower powered items will still upgrade your Codex even if your filter blocks similar drops. 

 

Next, add a rule for Legendary Seals. Select Seal as the item type and Legendary as the rarity. Recoloring them can make them easier to spot, which is useful as valuable Seals are worth picking up and selling.

Add Stat-Based Rules For Your Build

You can add stat-based rules to the base filter to make it stronger if you need to for general farming. For instance, in some Death Trap Rogue setups, Cooldown Reduction is very useful. You can set a rule that only shows things that have certain Greater Affixes, like All Skills or Cooldown Reduction. 

PC users can also import a filter code directly, by creating a new filter and pasting the code in the import box. Console users can manually build the same structure, by following the rule order above.